From Shinano Mainichi 2016 Feb 24

The Akutagawa family was retainer of Lord Toda of Matsumoto and had a root in Koka.
The Akutagawa texts (Ninjutsu Menkyo and etc) have been known but never really researched academically.
One of the texts "Koka Onjutsu Gokuhi" describes "A windy day, (Ninja) flew with a giant kite and dropped fire(bomb?) on the castle"
Mie University professor Yamada Yuji said the Ninjutsu is uniquely Akutagawa ryu but needs to be verified whether it's possible or not.
He will release a book of his research in this coming June.

Chris O'Neal came from America several months ago as an entertainer.
He learnt Japanese from Anime, especially NARUTO.
Becoming Ninja is his long time dream, he is going to join

"Tokugawa Ieyasu and Hattori Hanzo Ninja-tai" and will perform super Ninjer show.

History of the Cherry Blossom Trees and Festival

Each year, the National Cherry Blossom Festival commemorates the 1912 gift of 3,000 cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo to the city of Washington, DC. The gift and annual celebration honor the lasting friendship between the United States and Japan and the continued close relationship between the two countries
http://www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org/about/history/


According to ANN News, Chinese and Korean organizations are offering sponsorship to National Cherry Blossom Festival under the table with this condition - The festival must be renamed to Asian Festival.

"I didn't know!" Amazing Ninja movies in the world.

1. Ninja Assassin 2009

2. Crying Freeman 1995

3. Shadow of a Tear 2013

Governer of Aichi in Ninja costume

Hattori Hanzo and the Ninjas

【For foreigners / Wanted ! Full-time ninjas 】

Our recruiting information has been reported in the below articles.

Sorry, we don't have English application page, so please see the below for details.

Application period：Close on Mar.22
Casts：six ninjas
Objective of the group：To promote tourism of Aichi prefecture (Heart of Japan)
Employment status：contract employee
Contract period：May.1, 2016～Mar.31, 2017 (trial period ; Apr,1～30, 2016)
Age：over 18 years old
Working time：Basically 9:00～16:30
※depends on events and location (overtime work possible)
Salary：￥180,000 a month ＋ bonus
Day-off：at least a day per week (basically work on weekends)
Transportation expenses：Paid (your house in Japan~office)
Contents of duties：
・Showing Ninja performance (mainly at Nagoya castle and in various events, including expedition)
・Managing Ninja experience (rental ninja costume, shuriken blade throwing)
・Omotenashi (hand out leaflets, taking photos with guests, guide of tourism of Aichi)
・Promotion Aichi in various media (TV/radio/newspaper/magazine)
Our ideal candidate as a ninja ：
Acrobatic skills or special skills of martial arts, stunts, and so on are preferable. English skill is also needed. Those who wants to communicate with a lot of people, utilizing their own performances, friendly and popular among the children, likes Japanese culture, interested in ninja, and wants to success in the world.

Those who wants to work as a ninja in Aichi prefecture from overseas, you can apply for ninja audition by sending resume (photo required, nationality, career, skills, reason for application) via e-mail by Mar.22. The first screening is documentary examination, and final is audition (interview and demonstration of your performance) which will be held in Aichi on Mar.30. We're afraid you have to come to Nagoya in your own pocket...for the interview, and we appreciate if you could understand it’s necessary to live in Japan(Nagoya) at least for 1 year (Apr.2016～Mar. 2017) when you'll be adopted as ninja. It means you’ll need working visa and residence card.
If you have any questions, please contact us. Thank you.
E-mail： info@aichi-ninja.rdy.jp

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